Real name: Rainbow (TV Series)

Effective period / Period of releases: 1980 - 2002

Members: Roy Skelton, Stanley Bates, Geoffrey Hayes

UK daytime children’s TV program made by Thames Television that ran for just over 20 years. Started in September 1972.

For most of its run, it featured presenter Geoffrey Hayes, puppets Zippy and George (performed by Roy Skelton), "man in a suit" Bungle (Stanley Bates) and a resident musical trio: first Telltale; then Rod, Matt and Jane; briefly Rod, Jane and Roger; and finally Rod, Jane And Freddy.